groom
• verb 1 brush and clean the coat of (a horse or dog). 2 give a neat and tidy appearance to. 3 prepare or train for a particular purpose or activity. • noun 1 a person employed to take care of horses. 2 a bridegroom. — ORIGIN originally in the sense boy , later man, male servant : of unknown origin.
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